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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

These dynamics have been around for thousands of years, and have been written about extensively for decades – like in this 1973 article by Mark Granvotter in the American Journal of Sociology, The Strength of Weak Ties. Learning and development professionals should remember the Weak Ties theory when designing social learning systems.

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Games Teach!

Kapp Notes

As the The Gamification of Learning and Instruction Blog Book Tour has been underway, another interesting discussion has been occurring in the learning blogosphere. It was sparked by Ruth Clark’s article “ Why Games Don’t Teach. ” The article kicked off a firestorm of debate, demands for proof and even name calling.

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Games Teach!

Kapp Notes

As the The Gamification of Learning and Instruction Blog Book Tour has been underway, another interesting discussion has been occurring in the learning blogosphere. It was sparked by Ruth Clark’s article “ Why Games Don’t Teach. ” The article kicked off a firestorm of debate, demands for proof and even name calling.

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Introduction to Evaluation in e-Learning

eFront

Mary Nicholson, of the Evaluating e-Learning course at Bloomsburg University can be found at: Evaluating e-Learning: A Guide to the Evaluation of e-Learning (PDF) This guide has been produced as a report on the work of the Models and Instruments for the evaluation of e-learning and ICT supported learning (E-VAL) project.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Where Do You Begin (Part II)

Mark Oehlert

Their jobs are to save lives and begin themovement of people through the military medical system that willrestore them to health." " Virtual World Shake-Up (BBC article) found at PacRimX Data File: Real-Time Collaboration By Sam S. market forreal-time collaboration-based learning products and services is nowover $2.6

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A Life of Learning

CLO Magazine

He really lives learning,” said Kayvan Kian, a junior partner at global management consulting firm McKinsey & Co., Amsterdam. If you look at statistics, there are about 70 million children who don’t go to elementary school,” van Dam said.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: The Real World, SecondLife and FaceBook/MySpace

Learning Visions

Everyone who has graduated from college since 2005 has a FaceBook account. Im not sure how this relates to danah boyds recent blog article on Viewing American class divisions through FaceBook and MySpace. I had read Danahs article before starting my interviews and was listening for any judgment based on class. Its not safe."

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